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Heather Watson is a British tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. Born in Saint Peter Port in 1992, she holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides in Guernsey and Bradenton. Watson is right-handed and speaks English. Her ancestral home is in Papua New Guinea.
She began her professional career in 2010 and has represented Great Britain in international competitions, including the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She is a member of the Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team. Her professional singles record stands at 392–326, while her doubles record is 169–174. Watson has earned prize money totaling 5,417,921.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- Great Britain
- Born
- ( 1992-05-19 ) 19 May 1992 (age 34) , Saint Peter Port , Guernsey
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Coach
- Diego Veronelli
- Prize money
- US$ 6,002,243
- Career record
- 436–367
- Highest ranking
- No. 38 (19 January 2015)
- Current ranking
- No. 354 (4 May 2026)
- Australian open
- 3R ( 2013 )
- French open
- 2R ( 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2018 )
- Wimbledon
- 4R ( 2022 )
- Us open
- 1R ( 2011 – 18 , 2020 – 21 )
- Olympic games
- 2R ( 2012 , 2016 )
- Bjk cup
- SF ( 2022 , 2024 ), record 31–16
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Team
- WTA Tour Womens
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Heather
- Family name
- Watson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Saint Peter Port
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's singles
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Great Britain Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 63
- Image
- Heather Watson (49810069577) (cropped2).jpg
- Height
- 170
- Residence
- Bradenton
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- Commons category
- Heather Watson
- date of birth
- 1992-05-19
- singles record
- 392–326
- doubles record
- 169–174
- ranking
- 39
- prize money
- 5417921
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 168063
- ancestral home
- Papua New Guinea
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Encyclopedic overview
Last updated on: 16 May 2026.
Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won ten titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Henri Kontinen, making her the first British woman to win a major title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Women's Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA tournament singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988.
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